Chester G. Ott

August 30, 2013

Born Dec. 5, 1927, in Mannings, he was the youngest of 12 children born to Margaret Mae and Thomas Daniel Ott.

Mr. Ott is survived by his wife of 64 years, Bertha Wilt Ott; four children, Glenda Ott Stevens, married to Greg Stevens of Charlotte, N.C., Cynthia Ott Bonham, of Oviedo, Fla., John Thomas Ott married to Shelley Viands Ott, of Harpers Ferry, and Chester Glenn Ott Jr., of Ft. Mill, S.C.; five granddaughters; one grandson; and seven great-grandchildren.

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Chester G. Ott.

A son, Stephen Craig Ott, preceded him in death as well as five brothers and six sisters.

Mr. Ott was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II and the Korean Conflict.

He, along with his wife, owned and operated Ott's Mobile Home Park in Mannings for 36 years.